Police Conduct Search and Seizure at Presidential Office and Gonggwan Village... Attempt to Secure Secret Phone Server

The police have launched a forced investigation into the Presidential Office and the official residence village in connection with the 'December 3 Emergency Martial Law Incident.'

Officials are lowering the Bonghwanggi flag at the Presidential Office in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Photo by Yonhap News

The Special Investigation Unit of the National Police Agency stated on the 16th, "We are conducting a search and seizure of the secure phone (security phone) server, the Presidential Security Service office, and the official residence of the head of the Security Service in relation to charges including obstruction of the execution of arrest warrants (special obstruction of official duties) against former President Yoon Seok-yeol and Kim Seong-hoon, head of the Presidential Security Service."

The CCTV footage of the Presidential Office is also subject to seizure in connection with former Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min's charges of rebellion.

The police added, "However, regarding the CCTV of the Presidential Safe House and the secure phone server related to former Minister Lee's rebellion charges, we recently applied for search warrants three times, but all were rejected by the prosecution."

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